Cuff-protector and blotter.



L. J. MARTIN.

CUFF PROTECTOR AND BLOTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1910.

Patented Feb. 25; 1913.

, abrczmeig LUTHER J. MARTIN, OF ORANGE, VIRGINIA.

CUFF-PROTECTOR AND BLOTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

Application filed June 1, 1910. Serial No. 564,398.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER J. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Orange and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in (luifProtectors and Blotters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to blo-tters and particularly to one constructed of flat sheet blotting paper of a coextensive width throughout and folded to form a cuff to be extended over the cuff of the wearer and positioned on the wrist so as to permit of its being conveniently manipulated thereby.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a culf protector and blotter consisting of a single strip of sheet material folded in end form and provided with detachable means operating normally to hold the material in operative form and permitting the user of the article to readily remove the same from the cud and reverse the same so that a clean surface of the article can be readily exposed.

With the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel arrangement of cuif protector and blotter hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawing there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the improvement, and in said drawing, Figurel is a perspective view of the device in its applied posit-ion upon a cuff. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of connecting the ends of the protector. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of connecting device.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 designates a sheet of absorbent material, such as is used for blotting ink, and this sheet is .of a thickness sufficient to prevent the ink from penetrating through the same, and is formed with the width substantially equal to the width of the cufi 2 and has its ends brought into contacting relation so as to embrace the end and present the appearance of an inverted cuff. The transverse ends of the cuff protector and sheet 1 are each provided with suitable openings adapted for the reception of metal reinforcements 3. These reinforcements or eyes 3 are each arranged in parallel relation with each other and are adapted for the reception of a suitable metallic clip 4. In the device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the clip is constructed of a single strip of suitable spring metal, which is substantially rectangular in form and which is centrally bent upon itself to provide the engaging fingers 5 and 6. The fingers 5 and 6 are adapted to have their outerends contact and it will be obvious that when the said fingers are drawn apart and inserted within the eyes the said clip will effectively sustain the ends of the cuff protector and blotter in a closed position as soon as pressure upon the fingers has been released. By reason of the fact that the device is flexible and that it is constructed to conform to the configuration of a cufi the device may be readily removed or detached for use without removing the rings 4;.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing there has been illustrated a slightly modified form of clip or connecting device. This device, designated by the numeral 7, comprises a wire bent in the form of a clip and having its free edges lying adjacent each other so as to provide a passage therebetween, whereby the said member may be coiled so as to enter the eyes of the blotter and securely sustain the ends of said protector in a closed position.

It will be noted by reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings that the protector is of a length not only sufficient to cover the cuff 2, but to have its ends projected above the cufii. These projecting portions are formed with the eyes 3 and it will be apparent that the said projections may serve to sustain the blotter l in proper relation with the cuff 2, and whereby the said blotter will turn upon the cufi should the extension be brought to bear upon the surface upon which the writers wrist is positioned.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is:

A combined cuff protector and blotter consisting of a flexible sheet of absorbent material bent upon itself to conform to the configuration of a cuif and having its ends sition on the cufi and the central portion of LUTHER J. MARTIN.

placed in contacting relation and provided With registering openings reinforced With eyelets, said sheet being mountable upon a cufi With the ends thereof in uppermost pothe sheet bridging the normally depressed Vitnesses: ends of the cuff, and rings extended through BENNETT S. JONES, the reinforced eyelets of the openings and y K. ALLEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

